RED BEE AGREEMENT
THE RED BEE AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, TO REQUEST THE AGREEMENT PLEASE EMAIL THE WEBMASTER@GRIPSBRANCH.ORG.UK
Revised 1st January 2010
APA
RECOMMENDED TERMS FOR
ENGAGING CREW ON THE
PRODUCTION OF COMMERCIALS
1. Your services.
You will provide the services of your grade in consideration of which we agree to pay you
such sum as we agree between us which shall be not less than the minimum and not more than
the maximum for that grade set out in Appendix 1 (“your basic daily rate”) on weekdays and
Saturdays, together with such additional payments as this agreement entitles you to. We will
pay invoices from crew with whom we contract direct within seven days of receipt. You agree
that such services will be of a good professional standard consistent with what we might
reasonably expect to receive from a person employed on your grade.
You agree to treat all information you obtain as a result of your engagement as confidential
and that the copyright in anything you create pursuant to your engagement is assigned to us
by way of future assignment. You waive all moral rights in respect of such work.
2. The basic working day.
The basic working day is ten hours plus one hour for lunch. We will notify you of the start
time (which will be between 7am and 11am) and where you should attend and you will attend
at that time and place.
3. Continuous working day.
Any day on which you work for a continuous period of nine hours from the start time (which
will be between 7am and 11am) shall be a Continuous Working Day. We will provide you with
food and beverages at an appropriate time during the Continuous Working Day.
Overtime will commence after nine hours.
4. Overtime.
You agree to work such hours in addition to the basic working day as are necessary, for which
we shall pay you at the rate of one tenth of your rate for the basic working day for each hour
you work (“your basic hourly rate”) or a multiple of such.
5. Non-shooting days.
On a working day on which shooting does not take place special provisions will apply. The
basic working day shall be eight hours and your basic daily rate will be 80% of the rate for
your grade in Appendix 1 and the basic hourly rate will be one eighth of that reduced basic
daily rate. This clause does not apply to Lighting Cameramen, Art Directors and Location
Managers who are engaged on the basis set out in 2 above for every day they are engaged.
Lighting Cameramen, Art Directors and Location Managers shall not be entitled to overtime
on non-shoot days except pre-lights.
6. Overtime rates for Mondays to Saturdays.
(i). If your basic daily rate is £300 or less we will pay you one and a half times your basic
hourly rate for each hour of overtime you work.
(ii). If your basic daily rate is more than £300 but less than £470 we will pay one and a
quarter times your basic hourly rate for each hour of overtime you
work.
(iii). If your basic daily rate is £470 or more you will be paid one times your basic hourly rate
for each hour of overtime you work.
(iv). You will be paid at three times your basic hourly rate for all overtime worked between
midnight and 5am.
7. Work on Sundays, Bank Holidays and Statutory Holidays.
If you work on Sundays, Bank Holidays or Statutory Holidays we will pay you two times your
basic hourly rate for all hours worked on that day with a minimum call of ten hours.
Overtime between midnight and 5am will be paid in accordance with 6(iv).
8. Nightwork.
All work commencing between 5pm and 5am is nightwork and you will be paid at double your
basic hourly rate for all hours worked with a minimum call of ten hours.
9. Early call.
If we require you to commence work between 5am and 7am we will pay you at your overtime
rate on the same basis as under 6 (i), (ii) and (iii) above for all hours worked between those
times.
10. Meal breaks and meal allowances.
(i) Your first meal break of one hour will begin no more than 5.1/2 hours after work has
commenced.
(ii) We will either provide you with a free meal or pay you a £7.50 meal allowance.
(iii). Your second meal break of half an hour will begin no more than 5.1/2 hours after the
end of the first meal break. In the event of a Continuous Working Day there shall be a meal
break at the end of the nine hours constituting the Continuous Working Day and the
provisions of the second meal break shall apply to that break.
(iv) If the first meal break is missed overtime provisions will apply when nine hours have
elapsed since the start time (i.e that day will be treated as if it were a continuous working day
as per 6 above). If the first meal break is curtailed then overtime will commence eleven hours
from the start time less the amount of time the first meal break was curtailed by (e.g if the
first meal break was curtailed by 20 minutes overtime will commence 10 hours and 40
minutes from the start time).
(v). When a meal break is delayed we will pay you £10.
(vi). If a second or subsequent meal break is missed we will pay you single time for that missed
meal break.
(vii). If a meal break is curtailed we will pay you for the part of the break you miss at 1T.
11. Travel time.
We will pay you for time spent travelling to work subject to the following:
(i). For the purpose of calculating travel time, the starting point is W1V for London-based
production companies.
(ii). On working days we will pay you for time spent travelling less the first hour of the
outward and homeward journey, at your basic hourly rate.
(iii). If we ask you to collect equipment or personnel you will be paid for your time collecting
and delivering as working time.
(iv). If under the terms of this agreement you must travel on a day which is not a working
day we will pay you for the hours you travel at your basic hourly rate subject to a minimum
of five hours.
N.B. Travel time is always paid at single time, regardless of time, or day of the week.
12. Travel expenses.
If you use your car to reach a location (but not a studio) we will pay you 50p per mile except
that you will not be entitled to be paid if the location is less than 20 miles from W1V.
13. Travel by air.
Where we require you to travel by air, we will provide you with air travel on a scheduled
passenger service. Further, on all flights and stopovers we will provide you with meals and
refreshments. If the flight time exceeds four hours there will be no shooting on the day of the
flight except in exceptional circumstances. When the schedule flight time exceeds eight hours
there will be no shooting until 24 hours after arrival at the destination except in exceptional
circumstances.
14. Location work.
(i). Where at our request you remain on location on a rest day you will be paid your basic
daily rate for that day.
(ii). You will be paid from hotel to hotel at the location.
15. Insurance.
We will arrange insurance for you when you work for us overseas or on a hazardous location
in the UK. We will provide you with the terms of such insurance if you request them in
writing.
16. Assignment of services.
We shall be entitled to assign the benefit of your services under this agreement but we shall
remain obliged to pay you such sums as you are entitled to under this agreement.
17. Holiday Pay.
12.07% of the payments by the APA member to the crew member are paid and accepted in
lieu of such entitlement as the crew member has to holiday pay.
18. Force Majeure.
If your engagement is cancelled because of an event of Force Majeure (as defined in Appendix
2) we shall pay you for the work you have done up to the point where production has ceased
but we will not be liable for any other payments.
19. Cancellation fees.
If a production is cancelled for any reason except for an event of Force Majeure the amount
payable to you under this agreement shall be determined as follows:
6 – 4 days prior to the engagement – 50% of the agreed fee
3 – 4 days prior to the engagement – 75% of the agreed fee
Less than 2 days prior to the engagement –100% of the agreed fee.
20. Time Off The Clock
The minimum break between completion of call on a production on which we engage you and
recall on the same production shall be 11 hours.
APPENDIX 1
APA *
Minimum / Maximum
Key Grip or who has NVQ 3
Non Key Grip 383.00 / 350.00
APPENDIX 2
An event of Force Majeure shall be defined as any event that is not reasonably insurable
including but not limited to any act of terrorism, threat of terrorism, any hostile or war
like action in time of peace or war, the use or threat of use of any weapon of war
employing atomic fission or radioactive force, any instruction or rebellion or revolution or
civil war or usurped power or any action taken by any governmental authority in
hindering or combating or defending against such occurrence, seizure or destruction under
quarantine or customs regulation or confiscation by order of any government or public
authority or risks of contraband or illegal transportation of trade, any civil commotion
assuming the proportions of or amounting to a popular rising or riot or martial law or the
act of any lawfully constituted civil authority ( except to the extent that certain acts of
civil authority may reasonably be insurable from time to time ).
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Advertising Producers Association
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